Letters by Lardner

15 autographed letters by Dionysus Lardner. Correspondents include Sir Francis Freeling (1764-1836), postal reformer (no.1); Thomas Beaumont esq (1792-1848), politian (no 8.); James Henry Leigh Hunt (1784-1859), essayist (no. 11).

Some material undated.

1827-1839

1 file (15 items)

Purchased from: unknown vendor, Paris, April 1930 (acc.67391); Desgranges, Paris, May 1931 (acc.64702); from Sotheby's, London, July 1933 (acc.66163), November 1933 (acc.67472); Glendining, London, March 1935 (acc.68472), April 1935 (acc.68595); May 1935 (acc.68609), August 1935 (possibly an error for 1934) (acc.67880); part of a batch of material transferred from Wellcome Historical Medical Museum offices: provenance not known (acc.69200); Provenance details not recorded (acc.67430); no number

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